And they said the Assembly was just a talking shop!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6513579.stm

Our Christian bookshop in North wales was just next door to Boots - the first Boots after crossing the frontier.

Apparently that's what lots of people from Cheshire and Merseyside do. They cross the frontier to use the first Boots in Wales (and the other chemists) to avoid paying prescription charges.

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Anonymous said…
I may be wrong but I think you'll find that that ceased quite some time ago. As long as the assistant is observant, prescriptions made out in England have to be paid for and at the English rates too. Gill Cook, (spouse of Dave, OCC and all that), thought that she would have to charge us the Enlish rate for a prescription made out by Prof. Rhodes in Liverpool until she found out that we had a prepayment certificate.

No, it isn't just a talking shop, it seems to be a high taxing, moneywasting shop as well!
7:25 pm
Alan said…
I've been out of the country too long!

Or maybe just long enough.

Watch what you say! My sister and brother-in-law are assembly workers. They used to be civil servants.
9:05 pm
Anonymous said…
Oh yes? And on which assembly line do they work, Hoover or some similar company?
10:16 am
Alan said…
Oh you are CHEEKY!
8:36 pm
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